Before they moved to Daly City his family always went on picnics and was always happy.
Then they moved to a small town called Daly City. They had a small dirty house.This is where the beatings would begin. Dave's mom drank until she was drunk and began to abuse Dave.
Even going as far as to burn him on the kitchen stove. And even stabbed him in the abdomen
He would sleep in the cold garage on a wooden cot, rarely getting food. "My stomach coiled whenever I smelled food that was about to be served to somebody else, knowing it wasn't for me," he said.
Finally the nurse at his school saw all the bruises and marks. He was free. The police officer took him to a new home. He endured the pain no longer.
He had finally gotten away from his mom, All those years in pain and misery had come to an end. “One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.”